Legal Opinion

United States v. Wright

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided February 3, 2010No. 08-4679PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*261Affirmed by published opinion. Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Judge DUNCAN joined. Judge GREGORY wrote a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.

OPINION

WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:

Jeremy Wright sprayed twenty-two rounds from an AK-47 assault rifle into a crowded night club parking lot, killing a man sleeping in a car with a single bullet to the head. Wright fired his rifle until he ran out of ammunition even though there were some two or three hundred people at the club, many of whom were pouring outdoors as the result of a fight that Wright had just instigated…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Apprendi v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  2. Gall v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  3. Taylor v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  4. Shepard v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
  5. McKeiver v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1971

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3Cited by32 opinions

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